SOAP Server
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We are currently investigating the use of SOAP as 'intermediate layer' between some complex modules. .NET makes it very easy to create a 'Soap DLL' that is activated by IIS. Great. However, we are considering to use this technology to access bigger server-style applications. These applications typically take several minutes to start up, handle a large amount of memory, and therefore cannot simply be recompiled into a kind of 'Soap DLL'. Browsing through the Microsoft documentation I found an excellent AtlServer example that seems to do what I need. However, it would be much nicer if we could use the more modern .NET technology for this. So here are the 'million-dollar'-questions: - Is it possible, using .NET technology, to make a standalone .exe server-application behave like a SOAP-server via the HTTP protocol? - Is it possible, using .NET technology, to make it accept SOAP requests via a message queue as well? - If NO on the questions above, is using the AtlServer a step in the good direction or is ATL a dead-end? - If YES on the questions above, where can I find good .NET examples on writing such a SOAP server? Because I'm not sure in which forum to post it, I'll post it in 2 or 3 forums. Sorry if you get this multiple times. Enjoy life, this is not a rehearsal !!!